About the day » Sunday July 26, 1896Calender converter

• Aldegonda Jacoba Lammers, Ginneken en Bavel
• Alida Cornelia Zonneveld, Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• ALFONSUS GISLENUS VAN RAEMDONCK, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1977)
• Aletta Antonia Maria Kuttschrütter ongehuwd, Deventer, Ov, Nederland († 1971)
• Aletta Antonia Maria Küttschrutter, Deventer († 1971)
• Aafje Roeper, De Waal († 1896)
• Alice Violet Gwindoline Thompson, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica († 1904)
• Aaltje Snellenberg, Eefde (Gorssel)
• Aaltje Doekes Wielsma, Lekkum († 1962)
• Aaltje Doekes Wielsma, lekkum († 1962)

• Aletta Petronella van Wijk (33), Beusichem
• Adriana Drinkwaard (0), Kethel en Spaland
• Albert Flokstra (72), Hijken, Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Nederland
• (66), Nieuwendam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aagje van den ROOVAART Jdr (47)
• Anna Maria van der Heijden (80), Echt, Niederlande
• Anna Helena Louisa van Elewyck (30), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antje van Oosten (52), Maassluis, Nederland
• Arie van der Ree (0), s'Gravendeel
• Antje van Oosten (52), Maassluis

• 1890 » Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 1942)
• 1892 » Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager († 1966)
• 1893 » George Grosz, German painter and illustrator († 1959)
• 1894 » Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher († 1963)
• 1895 » Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian († 1964)
• 1896 » Tim Birkin, English soldier and race car driver († 1933)
• 1897 » Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician († 1974)
• 1897 » Paul Gallico, American journalist and author († 1976)
• 1900 » Sarah Kafrit, Israeli politician and teacher († 1983)
• 1903 » Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician († 1963)

• 1863 » Sam Houston, American general and politician, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793)
• 1867 » Otto, king of Greece (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1845)
• 1915 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1926 » Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Hendrika
7. Elisabeth
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Helena
15. Petronella
16. Neeltje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
• January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
• March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
• June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
• August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
• December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.

The temperature on July 26, 1896 was about 22.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.